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propound

Who acts: people, Darwin, professor, She, Hatter, riddle · What happens: put forward, think about, propound, have · To what, where: idea, theory, new idea, plan, riddle, answer

«propound» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: propound in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To put forward an idea, theory or question for people to think about.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 put	mark
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forward	forward	ADV	_	2 put	advmod
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 idea	det
5	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 theory	punct
7	theory	theory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 idea	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 question	cc
9	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 idea	conj
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 think	mark
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 think	nsubj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 think	mark
13	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 put	advcl
14	about	about	ADV	_	13 think	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put forward	to-infinitive		a idea and theory or question				forward property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent idea=Goal
2	think about speech: other	to-infinitive	people					about property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Example 1

Darwin propounded the theory of evolution by natural selection.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Darwin	Darwin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 propounded	nsubj
2	propounded	propound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 theory	det
4	theory	theory	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 propounded	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 evolution	case
6	evolution	evolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 theory	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 selection	case
8	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 selection	amod
9	selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 propounded	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 propounded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propound	past	Darwin	the theory of evolution				by natural selection	tree rules

Example 2

The professor propounded a new idea about dinosaurs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 professor	det
2	professor	professor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 propounded	nsubj
3	propounded	propound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 idea	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 idea	amod
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 propounded	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 dinosaurs	case
8	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 idea	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 propounded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propound	past	the professor	a new idea				about dinosaurs	tree rules

Example 3

She propounded a plan to the school council.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 propounded	nsubj
2	propounded	propound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 plan	det
4	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 propounded	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 council	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 council	det
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 council	compound
8	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plan	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 propounded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propound	past	She	a plan				to the school council	tree rules

Example 4

The Hatter propounded a riddle that had no answer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hatter	det
2	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 propounded	nsubj
3	propounded	propound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 riddle	det
5	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 propounded	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 riddle	acl:relcl
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 answer	det
9	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 propounded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propound	past	the Hatter	a riddle					tree rules
2	have	past	a riddle	no answer					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Patient

Example 5

He propounded a theory about the stars.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 propounded	nsubj
2	propounded	propound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 theory	det
4	theory	theory	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 propounded	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 stars	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stars	det
7	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 theory	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 propounded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propound	past	He	a theory				about the stars	tree rules

Example 6

The question was propounded at the meeting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 question	det
2	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 propounded	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 propounded	aux:pass
4	propounded	propound	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 meeting	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 meeting	det
7	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 propounded	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 propounded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propound	past · passive		the question		the meeting			tree rules

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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